HALAS v. CONSUMER SERVICES, INC.

No. 92-2921.

16 F.3d 161 (1994)

James C. HALAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONSUMER SERVICES, INCORPORATED, an Illinois Corporation in involuntary dissolution, Circulation Promotions, Incorporated, an Illinois Corporation in involuntary dissolution, Marketing USA, Incorporated, an Illinois Corporation in involuntary dissolution, John F. Ryan, an individual, and Chicago Tribune Company, an Illinois Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Plotkin (argued), Plotkin & Jacobs, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Howard L. Mocerf, Borovsky & Ehrlich, John W. Powers (argued), Amy P. Hartman, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

"For a long time courts were reluctant to enter default judgments, and appellate courts were reluctant to sustain those that were entered.... Those times are gone"—thankfully. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Estate of Cammon, 929 F.2d 1220, 1224 (7th Cir.1991). In the instant case, James Halas filed a two count employment discrimination complaint against Consumer Services, Inc., Circulation Promotions...

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